#56C8DD#56C8DD

#56C8DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.106 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8DD
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -26.01, -20.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 32.87, 217.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0904 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.106 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5378, 48.5036, 75.7764)
Luminance	0.4851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8DD #DD6B56

analogous

#56DDAE #56C8DD #5685DD

triadic

#56C8DD #DD56C8 #C8DD56

tetradic

#56C8DD #AE56DD #DD6B56 #85DD56

square

#56C8DD #AE56DD #DD6B56 #85DD56

split-complementary

#56C8DD #DD5685 #DDAE56

monochromatic

#1F879A #29B3CD #56C8DD #89D9E7 #BCE9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#56C8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#56C8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8DD

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8DD	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.106 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9e7',
    500: '#56c8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8dd;
$custom-light: #93d9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77555,
    "c": 0.10622,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8DD

secondary

#E1B6AE

accent

#3417CE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8DD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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